Korea announced its telecom vision today, stating that it wants to stay ahead of the mobile phone production race and become the leader in wireless market share by 2012. Part of that vision includes a plan to work on developing 5G technology.
The plan is to invest 60 billion won ($58,449,293 US) for the next 3 years developing 4G technologies in hopes that an international standard can be set, in addition to beginning work on 5G.
Korea can see that the goals are indeed reachable, as they are currently in second place in the mobile industry worldwide by producing 250 million phones and exporting $29 billion worth of phones. A push to 4G and eventually 5G may be exactly what Korea needs to move to numero uno.
http://www.unwiredview.com/2008/07/08/korea-to-start-working-on-5g/
The plan is to invest 60 billion won ($58,449,293 US) for the next 3 years developing 4G technologies in hopes that an international standard can be set, in addition to beginning work on 5G.
Korea can see that the goals are indeed reachable, as they are currently in second place in the mobile industry worldwide by producing 250 million phones and exporting $29 billion worth of phones. A push to 4G and eventually 5G may be exactly what Korea needs to move to numero uno.
http://www.unwiredview.com/2008/07/08/korea-to-start-working-on-5g/
